Articles by Peter Ellman

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  Christian Fennesz & Jim O'Rourke

  It's Hard For Me To Say I'm Sorry

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2016

  Fennesz and O'Rourke have been trailblazers and accomplished collaborators for over 20 years. They both have a degree of recognition within...

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  Pharaon

  Pharaon

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2016

  Pharaon are a French Canadian psych-space-jam band — or, at least, they sound like a jam band. The first track on their self-titled debut i...

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  Fresh Snow

  One

  PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2016

  Fresh Snow have been scorching Toronto's experimental scene for a few years now, with an exciting blend of noise-, Kraut-, and post-rock. T...

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  Memorybell

  Obsolete

  PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2016

  While much has been made about Jean-Michel Blais' excellent solo piano debut on Arts & Crafts this year, another equally captivating record...

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  Necro Deathmort

  The Capsule

  PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2016

  Loosely described, Necro Deathmort are two UK doom metalheads with synthesizers. Their past material has ranged from doom and sludge metal...

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  Asher Levitas

  Lit Harness

  PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2016

  Lit Harness is the debut solo album from one member of the experimental electronic group Old Apparatus, Asher Levitas, who has struggled wi...

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  Slow Down Molasses

  100% Sunshine

  PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2016

  In 2009, Exclaim! hailed Slow Down Molasses as the Broken Social Scene of the Prairies, but these days, Swervedriver might be a better comp...

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  James Vincent McMorrow

  We Move

  PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2016

  James Vincent McMorrow is a man of contradictions. His last album, Post-Tropical, had a colourful beach scene on the cover, but was filled...